(Continued from page 490.) emergency. What is at the root of the world's bewilderment to-day? Noise and still more noise—from the radio, the megaphone of the rostrum, the siren-like shriek of the press, the rumbling of the tank which is going to trample down the poor benighted citizen's sons when they have made themselves beautifully fit at the State's generous expense.
'Then sleep, induced by those forty nods which study of the equinox produces, is the solvent of the puzzle. With' the world wrapped in slumber the statesmen can utter whatever their mints permit of false coin, leaders can tear up parchments to their hearts' content, militarists can bang their drums in the sacred name of stability, an-nouricers can call the megacycle to any tune the piper's paymaster demands, but all will be vain, The slumbering world will not hear even its own snore. There will be wondrous peace, balmy, bountiful and blithe. No longer isthe world unresponsive, for it is blissfully untrammelled by the din of questions posed by noisy necromanzers. Geneva will have been avenged by. the paradoxical device of abolishing Babel. The ascensions and longitudes of troublers of the peace will have been brought into the cold calculating clutch of the equinox and reduced to noiseless ignominy. And the poor benighted citizen, in his fathomless dreams can pay his taxes, quat his beer, and Jaugh his weekly laugh without the nightmare of Armageddon to rack his unregimented mind. Let him nod whil the Equinox in friendly mood inks back in sympathy, Persons having claims against the estate of Rene Fane, who died at Paris on March 8, 1937, are requested to send particulars to Messrs, Mi, Spelman and E, Sigaul, 7 Avenue Edward VII, Shanghai.
The offices of the "North-China Daily News" will be closed on Friday, March 26. There will be no issue of the paper on Saturday, Murch 27, but the paper will appear as usual on Sunday, March 28, Customs notification No. 1868 states that in accordance with Government instructions all lottery and sweepstake tickets issued abroad (including sweepstake tickets on races, ete.), the sale of which in China has not been innment, are The British Municipal Council, Tientsin, has a vacancy. for position of lady superintendent of its Munielpol Hospitals, open to candidates of British nationality. Salary offered to commence with is §450, Applicants should ive full details of their train. ings posts held, special experience, etc. in. their letters of application, together with copies of recent testimonials. Applications should be dressed to the Secretary, "'Tientsin British Municipal Council, not later than May 25
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